Portal™ is a new single player game from Valve. Set in the mysterious Aperture Science Laboratories, Portal has been called one of the most innovative new games on the horizon and will offer gamers hours of unique gameplay.
Live now
343
24h peak
808
All-time peak
808
SteamScope Score
50.0
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Store description and overview from Steam.
Player intelligence
Current activity, peaks, and momentum windows calculated from tracked player metrics.
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Concurrent Steam players over time, aggregated per selected range from stored metrics.
Steam intelligence
Estimated owners and playtime from SteamSpy, plus official Steam Charts peaks where available.
Estimated owners
10,000,000 .. 20,000,000
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SteamSpy positive reviews
175K
SteamSpy negative reviews
2.7K
Steam reviews
Community sentiment and review volume tracked from the Steam store.
Total reviews
99K
Positive
97K
Negative
1.3K
Score
99%Overwhelmingly Positive
SteamScope Score
A composite score built from live player data, growth trends, retention, and longevity.
SteamScope Score
Higher scores indicate stronger recent momentum, sustained activity, and healthier long-term player retention.
Player growth windows
24 hour
-6.0%
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Portal is tracked on SteamScope with live Steam concurrent player data, historical charts, and a SteamScope activity score of 50/100. Search for "Portal player count" or "Portal steam charts" to monitor how many people are playing right now and how activity compares with past peaks.
Portal is developed by Valve, released 10 Oct 2007, a Action title. Available on Windows, Linux.
Portal currently reports 343 concurrent Steam players with a 24-hour peak of 808 and an all-time peak of 808.
Player counts fell -6.0% over the past 24 hours, signalling a notable decline.
Among tracked Steam titles, Portal ranks #1563 of 4,432 by momentum score.
Portal has lost momentum recently. Retention sits at 42/100, suggesting fewer players relative to its all-time peak of 808.
Portal has 15 Steam achievements tracked on SteamScope.
The average global unlock rate across all achievements is 25%, giving a baseline for overall completion difficulty.
The most common achievement is "Lab Rat" with a 81.0% unlock rate.
The rarest achievement is "Aperture Science" — only 2.8% of players have unlocked it (Very Hard).
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Steam Features
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Store Details
Controller support: Full controller support
Steam achievements: 15
Regional ratings
Media
Portal Trailer
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System requirements
Minimum and recommended specs from the Steam store listing.
Minimum
Minimum: 1.7 GHz Processor, 512MB RAM, DirectX® 8.1 level Graphics Card (Requires support for SSE), Windows® 7 (32/64-bit)/Vista/XP, Mouse, Keyboard, Internet Connection
Recommended: Pentium 4 processor (3.0GHz, or better), 1GB RAM, DirectX® 9 level Graphics Card, Windows® 7 (32/64-bit)/Vista/XP, Mouse, Keyboard, Internet Connection
Minimum
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Store options
Portal - 9,75€
Portal - Commercial License - 9,99€
The Orange Box - 19,50€
Pricing
Lowest tracked price: £8.50 in Australia
| Region | Price | Discount |
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| Australia | £8.50 | — |
| Brazil | £8.50 | — |
| Canada | £8.50 | — |
| Germany | £8.50 | — |
| France | £8.50 | — |
| United Kingdom | £8.50 | — |
| Poland | £8.50 | — |
| United States | £8.50 | — |
Tracked Steam store price snapshots over time.
Portal is currently €9.75 on Steam. The lowest tracked store price is €8.50 (recorded Jul 22, 2026). The highest tracked store price is €9.99. SteamScope has 16 price snapshots in its tracked history.
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How this game's Steam Charts position has changed over time.
How Steam review score and volume have changed over time.
Portal has 99% Steam reviews across 99K user reviews. Steam labels this as "Overwhelmingly Positive". Review volume grew by 133 reviews over the tracked period. SteamScope stores 9 review history snapshots for trend analysis.
Intelligence
Patch notes, discounts, and player spikes surfaced from stored Steam metrics.
Large concurrent player increase in stored metrics.
Steam announcement or patch note.
Steam announcement or patch note.
Steam announcement or patch note.
Steam announcement or patch note.
Steam announcement or patch note.
Steam announcement or patch note.
Achievements
This game
25% avg unlock
40 peer games
16.6% median
Comparison
Easier than peers
Achievements
15 standard · Updated 1d ago
25%
average global unlock
Most Common
Lab Rat
81.0% unlock rate
Rarest Achievement
Aperture Science
2.8% unlock rate
PORTAL_GET_PORTALGUNS
81.0%
global unlock
Acquire the fully powered Aperture Science Handheld Portal Device.
PORTAL_KILL_COMPANIONCUBE
63.2%
global unlock
Do whatever it takes to survive.
PORTAL_ESCAPE_TESTCHAMBERS
55.4%
global unlock
Make the correct party escort submission position decision.
PORTAL_BEAT_GAME
52.1%
global unlock
Complete Portal.
PORTAL_HIT_TURRET_WITH_TURRET
48.5%
global unlock
Knock down a turret with another turret.
PORTAL_BEAT_2ADVANCEDMAPS
18.1%
global unlock
Beat two Portal advanced maps.
PORTAL_LONGJUMP
14.1%
global unlock
Jump 300 feet.
PORTAL_BEAT_4ADVANCEDMAPS
12.0%
global unlock
Beat four Portal advanced maps.
PORTAL_BEAT_6ADVANCEDMAPS
9.2%
global unlock
Beat all six Portal advanced maps.
PORTAL_INFINITEFALL
9.0%
global unlock
Fall 30,000 feet.
PORTAL_TRANSMISSION_RECEIVED
4.3%
global unlock
..?
PORTAL_DETACH_ALL_CAMERAS
4.1%
global unlock
Detach security cameras from the walls.
PORTAL_GET_ALLGOLD
2.8%
global unlock
Earn gold medals on all Portal challenges.
PORTAL_GET_ALLBRONZE
2.8%
global unlock
Earn bronze medals on all Portal challenges.
PORTAL_GET_ALLSILVER
2.8%
global unlock
Earn silver medals on all Portal challenges.
